Monte Vista Elementary

1 st grade – Ms. Pryor

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12-09-2019

LITERACY focus standard MATH focus standards

CCSS: RL 1.2 Students will demonstrate
understanding of a story’s central
message or theme by using supporting
details from the text.
Strategy: Students will use the sentence frames:
The theme of this text is ______________.
I know this because _________________.
CCSS: Measurement and Data
1.MD.1 Order three objects by length, compare the lengths of
two objects indirectly by using a third object.
1.MD.2 Express the length of an object as whole number of
length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the
length unit) end to end understand that the length measurement
of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it
with no gaps or overlaps.

We will focus on the themes: patience,

acceptance, friendship, courage, and love.

This week’s focus text is:

A Bad Case of Stripes
by David Shannon
Phonics Focus:
-es plural and -es endings
(peaches, wishes, misses, reaches)
r-controlled vowels with or and ore
(orbit, for, more, explore)
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Your child’s attendance is important.
In December, there are assessments used for
January report cards. Students should attend every
day and be on time (tardy is 8:05). Remember to
send in notes to excuse any needed absences.
Habit 4:
Think Win-Win
Everyone Can Win
The marker is 6 cubes long.
Important Information:
 Quick December Scholastic Book Order is due
Monday, 12/9. Our class code is HWMMH.
 Holiday Store is December 16-19.
 Dec. 17th is MVES Winter Program and writing
showcase. 1st grade is 9:45 – 10:15.
 Jingle Bell Walk to School is Fri., 12/20.
 Friday, December 20th is our last day for this
calendar year. Dismissal is at 11:00.
Practice Makes Progress:
 Remember yellow folders every day.
Read for 15 minutes each night and fill-in star

chart in yellow folder with date.
 Practice reading and writing phonics focus
words and high frequency words (Unit 3 list).

Words to Practice:

friends very our

school house away car